Due to its higher degree of control and its scalability, catalytic chemical vapour deposition is
now the prevailing synthesis method of carbon nanotubes. Catalytic chemical vapour …

As a much-enriched supplement to the previous review paper entitled the “Effective work
functions for ionic and electronic emissions from mono-and polycrystalline surfaces”[Prog …

We present the temperature dependence of the growth rate of carbon nanofibers by plasma-
enhanced chemical vapor deposition with Ni, Co, and Fe catalysts. We extrapolate a …

Different mechanisms have been proposed for Fischer− Tropsch synthesis, the conversion
of CO and H2 to long-chain alkanes. Density functional theory calculations indicate that CO …

Periodic infinite plane wave slab calculations were performed, in conjunction with density
functional theory and ultrasoft pseudopotentials to study the adsorption of CHx (x= 1, 2, 3) …

The heats of adsorption of different C1 and C2 molecules assumed to be present during the
initial steps of the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis and activation energies for elementary steps …

The extraordinary electronic, thermal and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) closely relate to their structure. They can be seen as rolled-up graphene sheets with …

The deactivation of a 20wt% Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst during Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) at
240° C, 20bar, and a H2: CO ratio of 2 was studied in a fixed-bed micro-reactor. The CO …

We discuss the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene by catalytic chemical
vapour deposition (CCVD) and plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD), summarising the state-of …

Carbon deposition on Ni catalysts was analyzed using first-principles density functional
theory calculations. Based on the analysis, we propose boron as a promoter to improve the …